N. C. Wyeth: A Biography - Softcover
Paperback. Pub the Date: Jan. 2003 of Pages: 576 in Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers His name summons up our earliest images of the beloved books we the read as children. The His illustrations for Scribner's Illustrated Classics (Treasure Island. Kidnapped. of The Last of the Mohicans. The Yearling) are etched into the collective memory of generations of readers. He was hailed as the greatest American illustrator of his day. For forty-three years. starting in 1902. NC Wyeth painted landscapes. still lifes. portraits. and murals. as well as illustrations for a long shelf of world literature. Yet despite worldwide acclaim. he judged himself a failure. believing that illustration was of no importance. David Michaelis tells the story of Wyeth's ...
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"Bully for Michaelis' book..." TIME, September 21, 1998.
"In this meticulous, satisfying biography, Michaelis captures Wyeth and his times vividly...Bully for Michaelis' book..." TIME, September 21, 1998.
About the Author:
"In this meticulous, satisfying biography, Michaelis captures Wyeth and his times vividly...Bully for Michaelis' book..." TIME, September 21, 1998.
David Michaelis is the author of two bestselling biographies, including N. C. Wyeth (available from Harper Perennial), which won the Ambassador Book Award for Biography and Autobiography, given by the English-Speaking Union of the United States. He lives in New York City.
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